Trump not prepared to withdraw accusations of wiretapping even after rebuke from FBI and NSA directors

White
House spokesman Sean Spicer holds a briefing at the White House
in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2017.REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Monday that
President Donald Trump is not yet ready to withdraw his
accusations that former President Barack Obama wiretapped him
during the election, despite FBI Director James Comey and NSA
Director Adm. Mike Rogers publicly rebuking the president's
claims earlier in the day.

Spicer said during Monday's press briefing that hearings are
still ongoing that relate to the issue of wiretapping.

"We started a hearing," Spicer said. "It's still ongoing. And
then as [House Intelligence Committee] Chairman [Devin]
Nunes mentioned, this is one in a series of hearings that will be
happening."

He continued later: "I think there's a lot of areas that still
need to be covered. There's a lot of information that still needs
to be discussed."

Comey said the Department of Justice as a whole also had no
evidence that Trump Tower had been wiretapped.

Last week, the leadership of the Senate Intelligence Committee
released a joint statement saying it also saw no indication
that Trump Tower was the subject of surveillance either before or
after Election Day.

Trump leveled the accusations of wiretapping at the Obama
administration in a series of tweets earlier this month.